HC Deb 03 February 1982 vol 17 cc164-5W
Mrs. Renée Short

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many babies are immunised against measles; and if he will break down the figures to show the numbers and percentages in each region.

Mr. Geoffrey Finsberg

[pursuant to his reply, 28 January 1982, c. 432]: Measles vaccine is not given routinely to children below the age of 12 months. The numbers and percentages of children born in 1978 and immunised against measles by the end of 1980 in England and in each regional health authority are as follows:

Children Immunised
Numbers
(thousands) percentage
England 297.2 53
Regional Health Authority Northern 21.0 55
Children Immunised
Numbers
(thousands) Percentage
Yorkshire 25.1 57
Trent 30.8 57
East Anglia 15.0 68
North West Thames 21.8 50
North East Thames 20.6 44
South East Thames 19.2 46
South West Thames 19.2 56
Wessex 20.2 66
Oxford 20.4 69
South Western 19.6 58
West Midlands 29.9 47
Mersey 13.6 45
North Western 20.8 42

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